Necktie-fastener.



No. 696,8l0. Patented Apr. 1, I902 G. GREBTE.

NEGKTIE FASTENER.

(Application filed Oct. 2, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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GUSTAV GREITE, OF GUTTENBERG, NEYV JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO ADOLPH HOLLANDER, OF NElV YORK, N. Y.

NECKTIE FASTENER.

SPECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 696,810, dated April 1, 1992.

Application filed October 2, 1901.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUSTAV GREITE, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Guttenberg, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Necktie-Fastener, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to necktie-fasteners, and more particularly to means for flexibly holding the clasp of the fastener in proper position.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is an elevation showing my device applied to a necktie. Fig. 2 is a section upon the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the clasp and its attachments.

The how 1, represented by dotted lines in Fig. 1, is secured upon the shield 2, made, preferably, of stiff cardboard. A smallplate 3, of sheet metal, is provided with ears 4 5 for the purpose of securing the same upon the shield 2. It is also provided with ears 6 and 7 for the purpose of securing the clasp in position. The clasp 8 is preferably made of sheet metal and comprises a rocker-like member terminating in the pointed lugs or feet 9 and the rounded portions lat, together with the Y-shaped member 10. By means of a spiral spring 11, the ends of which are straight and longitudinal, as shown at 12, the clasp is normally held in the position shown in Fig. 2. The lugs or feet 9 are by tension of the spring held normally in contact with the plate 3. This plate is provided with a boss 13 for engaging a collar-button, and thereby serving to hold the necktie steady.

When the necktie is in place, the stem of the collar-button is straddled by the Y-shaped member, and the boss 13 directly engages the head of said collar-button, being pressed against the same by the action of the spring. The necktie is thus firmly secured in place.

The operation of my device is as follows: The structure being in the position indicated by full lines in Fig. 2, the Y-shaped member is retracted into the position indicated by clotted lines, thus producing a torsional move- Serial No. 77,282. (No model.)

ment in the spring 11. The Y-shaped member is now slipped over the collar-button in the usual manner, whereupon the spring by its elasticity causes the parts to resume the original position indicated by full lines. The rounded surfaces 14 and the pointed lugs 9 cooperate with each other and with the spring in securing this action. The lugs 9 also act as braces, and thereby serve to hold the Y- shaped member 10 in its proper relation to the other parts.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. As an article of manufacture, a necktiefastener, comprising a plate of sheet metal, provided with ears and with fastenings secured to a necktie-shield, a Y-shaped clasp pivotally secured to said plate and provided with a rocker-like member terminating in pointed feet, and a torsional spring engaging said plate and said clasp, for normally holding said Y-shaped member in such a position that said pointed feet engage said plate.

2. As an article of manufacture, a necktiefastener, comprising a plate of sheet metal provided with a central boss and with means for securing said plate to a shield, a Y-shaped clasp pivotally connected with said plate and provided with lugs terminating in pointed feet, and a torsional spring engaging said plate and said Y-shaped clasp.

3. As an article of manufacture, a necktiefastener comprising a plate of sheet material provided with a substantially hemispherical boss integral therewith, means for securing said plate to a shield, a Y-shaped clasp pivotally connected with said plate and provided with a rocking member integral therewith, said rocking member having V-shaped points for limiting its rocking movement, and a torsional spring engaging said plate and said Y- shaped clasp.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GUSTAV GREITE.

Witnesses:

H. 0. ENGEL, NATHAN KRISCHER. 

